Harvester.



J. P. APPLEBY HARVESTER. APPLICATION FILED PEB. 8, 1910. RENEWED FEB. 24, 1913.

:lgsQg-f Patented Aug. 12,1913,

J. F. APPLEBY.

HARVESTER. APPLICATION FILED PEB. a, 1910. RENBWED 113.24, 1913.

Patenteii Aug. l2, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SEEET 2A J. F. APPLEBY.

HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.B,1910. BBNBWBD PEB.24.1913.

LGQQSQQ?, Patented Aug. L2, 15H3.

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55 with the gathering ribs,

JOHN APPLEB', F CHCAGO, ILLNOIS, .SSGNOR T0 DXE COTTON PCKER COMPAEY, @E CHICGO, LLINOIS, A COBORTION 0E SOUTH DAKTA.

HARVESTER.

Specication ot Letters Patent.

Patented Au. l2,l%l1i3.

Renewed February 24, 15513.' Serial No. 750.4%.

To all Iwhom t may concern:

le it known that l', Jenn F. ArrLunY, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State new and useful '.mprovei'nent in Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to harvesting machines and is well adapted to harvest corn in the ear and to remove cotton bells that. are well adapted for use in the arts, and which boils are particularly serviceable in the formation of fibrous pulp from which paper and other commodities may be manufactured.

ln practising my invention, l. employ as a gathering element a rotating body which is ribbed longitudinally'of its axis of rotation, there being another body between which and the said rotating body plants or stalks may be confined as the machine is traveling through the field. This other body is also desirably a rotating body similar to the first mentioned rotatingy body and similarly provided with ribs. The rotating bodies are desirably of hollow cylindrical formation into and. out of which the ribs are moved by suitable actuating mechanism, the movements of the ribs being so timed that they are projected to their outermost extents when the cylinders have brought the ribs to their nearest relative positions', these. ribs then best serving to engage the ears of corn, the cotto-n boils, or other plant product which is 'to be removed, and preferably serving to transfer the removed product tmsuitable conveyinfr mechanism located alongside and longitudin ly of the rollers. rllhe conveying mecha n, which is of any suitable form, is -locel close beside the rolls, the ribs being i idrawn to their farthest eX- tent within e rollers when opposite the conveyers order that the product removed by the ri may readily drop upon the conveyers from the rollers without liability of falling between the conveyors and the rollrlhe ribs upon each cylinder, as the cylinders are rotated, desirably interleave or .intermesh with the ribs upon the companion cylinder so that the plant product that is being removed is forced to come into contact whereby the recurves, these clutching product is assured.

l will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawings,- showing the preferred embodiment thereof, in which- Figure l is a plan view; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line 2 2 of F ig. l; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on a large scale on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. fl is a longitudinal sectional view taken through `the axis of onel of the rollers or cylinders, certain of the parts being shown in complete elevation and por tions being broken away due to lack of space; and Fig. 5 is a fragn'ientary perspective view of the conveyor chain.

Like parts are indicated by similar char actors of reference throughout the different figures.

The inechanism of my invention desirabl'y includes but two traction wheels l 1 that are free to rotate upon the main shaft 2 in so far as such rotation will be permitted by well` known clutching devices 3 which need not be illustrated, as their construction and purpose is well understood, their function being to permit differential motion between the traction wheels the harvester rounds devices effecting fixed relation between said wheels and shaft when the harvester is being pulled forward in a straight line, and rotating freely upon the shaft when the harvester is being backed. Two sprocket chains 4 el are driven bythe traction wheels when the harvester is moving forward either in a curved or straight line. and are not driven when the rotation of the traction wheels is reversed. These sprocket .chains are iu suitable driving relation with a spur gear 5 by instrumentalities which are illustrated in a general way and which are so well understood by those skilled in the art 'as to require no detailed. description or illustration. lhe spur gear drives another spur gear 6 that is in mesh therewith, and the spur gear G in turn drives bevel gears 7 that are preferably integrally formed therewith. The bevel gears 7 are in mesh with bevel pinions 8 tired with respect to the cylindrical rollers 9. The cylindrical rollers are 1ournaledto rotate upon non-rotatingr stub shafts lil that are suitably mounted upon framework portions of the harvester. A journal rod il., preferably rigid with respect to the stub shafts 10, is

moval of the maximum quantity of plant accesar I n,

ing for operating it is, mounted to swing tei-meshing or interleaving as the rollers robodily about the pivot 23. 'A' locking segtate, the body portion oit' each roller being ment le cooperates with a locking dog 25 close to the nearest rib upon the other roller, to hold the manually operated mechanism 26 whereby the said body portion acts as av rein anyposition to which it may be adjusted, l sisting surface against which the rib that is o this lever mechanism being mounted upon l in the act ot removing' plant products may the tongue of the harvester and connected press the plants, mechanism whereby the with the .framework 27 carrying the roller ribs are withdrawn toward their respective mechanism, so that an adjustment of the lej rollers after they have operated to remove ver mechanism will cause a swinging adjustplant products, and conveyors located, in 75 L ment of the roller nleCllanlSIn abOUt the close proximity to the rollers where the ribs pivot 23. are withdrawn. l

An important feature ot my present in- Q A harvesting machine including two vention resides in providing upwardly eX- plant product gathering rollers provided l. tending ianges 28 individual t0 the linlS 0f with ribs movable toward and from the pe- 80 prevent the discharge of plant products impaling elements would not accomplish the parting from the spirit of the invention, but,

a the sprocket chains 16` that are adjacent t0 ripheries otl their respective rollers and disthe rollers 9. Each link of each ot these posed longitudinally of the rollers and archains is desirably though not necessarily ranged to permit the plants to pass thereprovided with such a flange. These flanges between, thereby to permit the ribs to enact as tenders to prevent the removed plant gage' the plant products and remove the 85 products front falling between the rollers same from the plants, said ribs intermeshand conveyers and to direct the plant proding or interleaving as the rollers rotate, the ucts upon the conveyors, the flanges also body portion of each roller being close to the acting as inner side walls to the conveyors to nearest rib upon the other roller, whereby the said body portion acts as a -resisting surface against which the rib that is in the act of removing plant products may press the plants, mechanism whereby the ribs are withdrawn toward their respective rollers after they have operated to remove plant 95. products, and conveyors located in close proximity to the rollers where the ribs are withdrawn.

3. A harvesting machine including two plant product gathering rollers provided 10e with. ribs movable toward and from the peripheries of their respective rollers and disposed longitudinally of the rollers and arranged to permit the plants to pass therebetween, thereby to permit the ribs to engage the plant products and remove the same from the plants, mechanism whereby the ribs are with lrawn toward their respective rollers after they have operated-to remove plant products, anu conveyors located 11e in close proximity to the rollers where the ribs are withdrawn.

4. A harvesting machine including two plant product gathering rollers provided with ribs movable toward and from the periphcries of their respective rollers and dic*- posed longitudinally ot the rollers and arranged to'permit the plants to pass therebetween, thereby to permit the ribs to engage the plant products and remove the same 12o from the plants, mechanism for causing the rollers to rotate in opposite directions with the upper portions of the rollers moving away from each other, said ribs intermeshing or interleaving as the rollers rotate, the 12 body portion of each roller being close to the nearest rib upon the other roller, wherebyv the said body ortion act-s as a resisting surface against wi'ich the rib that is in the act ot' removing plant products may press 130 laterally from the conveyers toward the rollers. The flanges in their movements longitudinally of the rollers also serve actively to promote the transfer ot the plant products from the rollers to the conveyers and to remove obstructions that otherwise might accumulate between the conveyors and the rollers. v

I use the term ribs in the sense of a structural. element that possesses a scraping edge or an edge that is adapted to engage with a plant product portion to be removed without causing such plant product portion to become impaled. It is very obvious that results that my invention is aimed at. I use the term roller in the broad sense ot a rotating body, whether ot circular or other cross section.

While I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment ot my invention, I do not wish to be limited to Ithe precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without de- I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters atent the ollowingzl. A harvesting machine including two 55 plant product gathering rollers provided with ribs movable toward and from the peripheries ot' their respective rollers and disposed longitudinally ot the rollers and arranged to permit the plants to pass there- 6o between, thereby to permit the ribs to engage the plant products and remove the same from the plants, mechanism for causing the rollers to rotate in opposite directions with the upper portions of the rollers es moving away rom'each other, said ribs in- .many o @ting muc'ixn'e neu'ng a plant hem L) rolia' provide@ Wlih a 'e {im-myd. and from th@ pmi ahlery and dispos@ ongudimgly @if ging .body beWQ-eu which diams pass, mechals @rejected from and L y 

